Tia Leschke

See, the thing is.. before we started
> homeschooling, I got them up at 7am. Then with thier long, busy (
stressful)
> days of school, they were ready to go to sleep by 10. Actually, we never
> had a bedtime rule before when they went to school. Thier being asleep
by
> 10 was a natural occurence because of thier schedules. Well, they stopped
> going to school, I dont get them up in the mornings, they sleep sometimes
til
> 11 am.. so, of course, they are not sleepy by 10 pm at night. The few
days
> that we have had early activities, it was HELL getting them up ( the boys
> that is).. These were fun things they wanted to do, but they were just so
> tired. And an occasional early morning have to get up disruption in
thier
> sleep pattern has not helped alter it back to earlier to bed, earlier to
> rise

What would happen if you just got up at say 7 every morning and turned on
some happy music that you know they like. You're not getting them up.
You're just starting your day. If it got them up even a little earlier than
usual, they might start getting sleepy a bit earlier, and you could make it
a gradual change.
Tia